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Roseville Pottery console, Edmondson carving, Pieter Lely painting,
$41,920, Toomey & Co. $122,000, Case Fine Art $16,900, Michaan’s

A Roseville An undated Mother and Child An oil on canvas painting of
Pottery figure by the self-taught African Frances Duchess of Lennox
Futura flying American artist William and Richmond by Peter
saucer con- Edmondson (Tenn., 1874- (Pieter) Lely (English, 1618-
sole set dated 1951) sold for $122,000 at a 1680) sold for $16,000 at a
to 1928 sold Winter Auction held Jan. 27- Gallery Auction held February
for $41,920 28 by Case Fine Art & 16th by Michaan’s Auctions
at the sale of the Lee and Susan Stahl collection Antiques in Knoxville, TN. in Alameda, CA. Also, an unmounted pear-cut
of American and English art pottery held Also, a 2012 Blue Dog painting 2.96-carat “D” colorless diamond realized
January 17th by Toomey & Co. in Chicago. by George Rodrigue (La., $32,500; a fine edition of a Tibetan Thangka
Also, a 1928 Roseville Pottery Futura Tank vase 1944-2013), titled Louisiana Sunday Morning, went for $15,600; an antique J. T. Dickman
(model no. 412-9) finished at $26,200; a Mazie gaveled for $103,700; a Taos, NM oil painting clown cast iron shooting target made $11,050;
Teresa Ryan vase from 1906 with chrysanthe- by John Sloan, titled Land of Turquoise, made and a pair of Chinese huanghuali armchairs rose
mum design went for $11,790; and a Weller $36,400; and a William Walker seascape rang to $11,050.
dancing frogs garden ornament from 1930 went up $39,000.
to a determined bidder for $11,790. Washington after Stuart,
.950 JDJ chambered rifle,
Bessarabian carpet, $99,875, Rock Island Auctions $33,750, Thomaston Place
$25,600, Stair Galleries A painting of George
Washington after the original
A late 19th century by Gilbert Stuart (1755-
Bessarabian carpet, 9 feet 5 1828) that hangs in the
inches by 9 feet 7 inches, sold Boston Museum of Fine Art
for $25,600 at the sale of the sold for $33,750 at a Winter
Ann and Gordon Getty A .950 JDJ chambered rifle nicknamed “FAT Enchantment Sale held
collection held Jan. 23-25 by MAC” sold above estimate for $99,875 at a Feb. 23-25 by Thomaston
Stair Galleries in Hudson, Sporting & Collector Firearms Auction held Place Auction Galleries in
NY. Also, a George IV gilt-metal and scagliola Feb. 16-18 by Rock Island Auction Company in Thomaston, ME. Also, an 18kt white gold ring
top center table earned $17,920; a Napoleon Rock Island, IL. Also, a Civil War-era Berdan set with a round 6.54-carat brilliant cut
III-style settee upholstered in brocade climbed Sharpshooter Sharps Model 1859 knocked diamond brought $60,000; and an untitled
to $15,360; a provincial Italian rococo-style down for $38,188; an M2 60mm mortar made mixed media expressionist abstract painting by
chest of drawers achieved $8,960; and a Chinese by Firestone also rolled its way to $38,188; Canadian artist Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2003)
Export six-panel screen decorated in black and a factory engraved Henry rifle, pictured in gaveled for $10,625.
lacquer and parcel-gilt hit $32,000. several prominent firearms books, went to a
determined bidder for $32,313. J & E Stevens bank,
James Sherman mural sketch, $14,080, Alderfer Auction
$15,000, Swann Galleries Banksy’s Police Van Chimp,
$222,250, Julien’s Auctions A circa 1907 J & E
A pair of Stevens Clown, Harlequin,
Mural An original aerosol painting and Columbine cast-iron
Studies for on glass by the enigmatic mechanical bank, designed
the Marion, British graffiti artist Banksy, by James H. Bowen and
Iowa Post titled Turf War – Police Van based on the Italian
Office, one tempera on board and one pencil on Chimp, sold for $222,250 at Commedia Dell’arte, featur-
paper, sold for $15,000 at an Artists of the WPA a Street Art auction held ing three of the stock
auction held January 25th by Swann Galleries in February 22nd by Julien’s characters, repainted, sold for $14,080 at a
New York. Also, a circa 1940-1941 oil on board Auctions in Los Angeles. Also, Banksy’s original Mechanical Banks and Toys auction held
by Claude Clark, titled Drafting, settled at aerosol on metal door titled Gangsta Rat Live February 13th by Alderfer Auction in Hatfield,
$17,500; a 1936 work by Dorothea Lange (2004) realized $190,500; a mosaic by the PA. Also, an earlier J & E Stevens issue, the
(printed in the 1990s), titled Migrant Mother, French street artist Invader, titled POTI-50, Bread Winners bank, designed by Charles A.
Nipomo, California, made $16,250; and Isaac installed in 2022 in Bolivia, rang up $29,250; Bailey and registered in May 1886, went to a
Friedlander’s 1935 etching and drypoint titled and Invader’s mosaic titled PA-877 (Paris, determined bidder for $8,960.
Our Daily Bread hit $15,000. France) also made $29,250.
Japanese Missile Robot,
Steiff Peter Rabbit doll, Mao’s Little Red Book, $11,685, Morphy Auctions
$11,875, Cottone Auctions $250,000, RR Auction
A rare and near-mint Alps
A circa 1910 Beatrix Potter Chinese leader Mao (Japan) battery-operated
Peter Rabbit stuffed doll made Zedong’s Little Red Book Missile Robot in its
by the German firm Steiff sold —published in 1966, the original box sold for
for $11,875 at an auction held first English edition of $11,685 at an auction
January 24th by Cottone Mao’s influential works, held February 14th by
Auctions in Geneseo, NY. Also, containing 312 pages of Morphy Auctions in
a circa 1905 Tiffany Studios 10- excerpts from his speeches Denver, PA. Also, a group
light Lily lamp in favrile glass and writings, signed by Mao—sold for of five scarce Spanish carded Star Wars figures
and bronze illuminated the $250,000 in an online Remarkable Rarities from the Empire Strikes Back series made
room for $23,000; a group of four birch bark Auction that ran Jan. 19-Feb. 22 by RR $13,530; a Man in the Garden tin mechanical
scrolls, created by the Ojibwe tribal community Auction, based in Boston. Also, a check signed bank made by the German toy manufacturer
in 1910, went for $9,375; and a trio of Daum by George Washington—one of only two Gerbruder Bing brought $10,800; and a Lionel
Nancy cameo glass miniatures dating to the known checks signed by Washington as presi- pre-WWII O-gauge Mickey Mouse Circus
20th century achieved $7,500. dent to ever come to market—rose to $135,473. Train set rolled away for $10,762.

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